Portable Power Sharing Network for Low-Charge Battery Matching
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for efficient lending and borrowing of portable electrical energy storage devices among users, particularly in scenarios where one user's device is low on power and another user's device has a surplus, especially in locations without commercial AC power sources, such as large camping grounds.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a server device that collects and manages status and position information of portable electrical energy storage devices, facilitating the matching of users with surplus and deficient energy through a communication network, enabling lending and borrowing transactions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If portable storage batteries are used for camping and outdoor activities, then users can power home appliances in remote areas, but users cannot use home appliances when the charge amount runs low due to lack of access to commercial power sources
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary that mediates between users with sufficient battery charge and users with low charge. The server receives battery status information from multiple portable storage batteries, processes this information, and facilitates lending/borrowing arrangements, enabling continuous power supply availability without requiring commercial power sources.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by continuously monitoring and transmitting battery charge status information to a central server. This feedback mechanism allows the server to identify users who need power assistance and connect them with users who have sufficient charge, ensuring reliable power supply availability.
2Ease of operation
If users bring their own portable storage batteries to camping grounds, then they can power their home appliances independently, but resource utilization is inefficient when some users have surplus power while others need power
Solution Approach 1:
The server acts as an intermediary that enables resource sharing between users. It collects battery status information, identifies users with surplus power capacity, and connects them with users who need power, thereby improving resource utilization efficiency while maintaining the independence of each user's power supply system.
Solution Approach 2:
The portable storage batteries serve multiple functions: they provide independent power supply capability to users and simultaneously function as shareable resources through the server-mediated lending system, enabling both ease of operation and improved resource utilization.
3Adaptability or versatility
If users lend or borrow portable storage batteries directly without a coordination system, then power sharing can occur between users, but the matching process is inefficient and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The server serves as a coordination intermediary that automatically matches users based on their battery status. It receives status information from multiple users, processes this data to identify compatible lending/borrowing pairs, and facilitates connections, thereby enabling peer-to-peer power sharing while minimizing the time required for user matching.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by continuously collecting and preprocessing battery status information before users need to borrow or lend power. This advance preparation of data enables rapid matching when power sharing is requested, reducing the time users spend searching for potential lenders or borrowers.
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AI summary
A system for promoting lending and borrowing of portable electrical energy storage devices is provided. The system acquires status information indicating an amount of stored electrical energy of the portable electrical energy storage devices and position information indicating a geographic position of it. The system extracts, from a user database, position information or a communication address of a portable electrical energy storage device of which stored electrical energy is sufficient on the basis of the status information, and extracts, from the user database, a communication address of a user of a portable electrical energy storage device of which stored electrical energy is insufficient on the basis of the status information, and transmits information including extracted position information or a extracted communication address.